Paul RiggsJan 4, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

After three separate votes, Republicans fail to elect their own Speaker -- first time in 100 years that's happened.

I want all the media pundits who blamed Dems for "not effectively negotiating with Republicans" to explain how you negotiate with a pro-insurrectionist party who can't even agree on their own Speaker?

Republicans claim Government doesn't work, then they get elected and prove it. Vote GOP Out Permanently.

Jan 3, 2023 at 10:31pmWeb
Show threadem dee (they/them)Jan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid this is/was an inevitable outcome of an entire group of people burning down any moral or ethical framework. They don't see themselves or each other as human anymore, so nothing matters except escalating the fight.
Show threadbirdpoofJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid where are all the REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FALLING APART headlines?
Show threadAndy DaitsmanJan 3, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid Ok, it's Raw Story, but here's one:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-donors-are-enraged-as-gop-floor-fight-over-mccarthy-makes-them-look-stupid-reporter/ar-AA15WjsE?cvid=f0d7178b4be94748e4e4ed7c33de1a8f&ocid=winp2sv1plustaskbarhover
Republican donors are enraged as GOP floor fight over McCarthy makes them look 'stupid': reporter

Republican donors are enraged as GOP floor fight over McCarthy makes them look 'stupid': reporter

MSN
Show threadstd::polarJan 4, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid IN DISARRAY*
Show threadbirdpoofJan 4, 2023
@sehe @QasimRashid Argh yes, that's the phrasing I wanted but couldn't remember 😂
If we're going for consonance, what starts with R? 🤔 "Republicans in R____!"
Show threadstd::polarJan 4, 2023

@birdpoof @QasimRashid

REPUBS IN RUINS
GRAND OLD PARTY IN PERIL
REPUBLICAN RIFT
TORN TORIES

Show threadDani 🍁Jan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid That’s exactly it.
Show threadLeaveNothingForTheFutureJan 3, 2023

@QasimRashid GOP is discovering how hard it is to negotiate with the GOP.

#GOPgridlock #NoCompromises 🤣

Show threadOyVeidtJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
Show threadTraveling SQL DBAJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid yep
Show threadShadSterlingJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid DROP the GOP
Show threadhwebbJan 3, 2023
1. Campaign on the premise that government doesn't work
2. Sabotage the effectiveness of government
3. Repeat
Show threadGTinNCJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid @msnbc @CNN #journalists #News 👆🏻
Show threadGeorge MerlJan 3, 2023

@QasimRashid

I thought the speaker of the house was just the leader of the majority party. This could be so much funnier

Show threadMasto.poetryJan 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
so whats your choice? Jordan or Scalise, its going to be one of those unless the Dems get behind a more moderate choice, and we will have 2 yrs of nazis running the house
Show threadYugoboyJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid You keep posting all this awesomeness, you may get to be Speaker before McCarthy ever sees the back side of the podium.
Show threadWalt CampbellJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid Those particular media pundits are now too busy bemoaning those renegade, unreasonable Republicans.

You got the kids all hopped up on sugar and sweets, then let them run around the backyard waving spears. And now we're shocked, SHOCKED to find someone has gotten hurt. 🙄

Show threadJ. Peter EisenschenkJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid
Understanding is the most important key to life.
Why is this happening?
They need to fine one that will operate by good standards, rather than the standards of the Global Intelligence Community.
Please be patient. It's a work in progress. Check my profile for updates.
Show threadP Patrick HoganJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid So so true.
Show threadJ. Peter EisenschenkJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid
What we really need is a constitutional amendment to due away with all political parties. Then We The People will gain much power from the Global Intelligence Communities rule. Work in progress.
Show threadtoxtethogradyJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid We had the chance, but NY and Colorado didn't pull through...
Show threadTofu GolemJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid
But if they can't reach across the aisle to insurrectionists, their partisanship might have a chilling effect on future acts of treason.

If Dems make future acts of treason less likely, then members of the mainstream media are going to have to write more op-ed pieces about "polarization."

Show threadLaurence Raphael BrothersJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid

Republicans Fail to Elect a House Speaker: Why This is Bad for Biden

Show threadFujikuroJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid Watching them just implode shows how they are only about power. They cannot agree on any governing principles that actual people want. And they just want to be in power so as to grift, grift, grift.
Show threadLeftwardswingJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid My question is why did Nancy Pelosi seat them? She should've treated them the same way we treated members of the first Congress after the civil war & showed them the door.
Show threadRoryJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid It just goes to show you that even republicans don't like republicans...
Show threadShepherd ToneJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid No good faith actor is asking why Democrats aren’t negotiating with Republicans when Republicans refuse to negotiate on anything. Once a leader is chosen, the Repubs plan on doing nothing but partisan investigations - it’s not like negotiating terms on a leader will lead to Congress doing work for the people.
Show threadStatmonkey 🙊Jan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid The media. Always find an angle to blame "the left." It's the corporate shills reason for being.

Fact:

Republicans commit mass suicide!

Oligarchist Media Shills:

Democrats fail to give GOP what they want.

Show threadStr8ngerJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid 🎯

RepubliCONS claim government doesn't work, then they get elected and prove it. #VoteThemAllOut

Show threadPetronisJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid McCarthy did nothing but blame and complain.
Show threadDaddyScruffJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid How the votes always remain so close blows my mind. I don’t get it.
Show thread⁰FisherTX14Jan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid
And did any of the network #media coverage today factor in who is likely to be on #indictment list for #Jan6 when voting for #speaker ?
The #msnbc Kornacki schtick would have been better with #indictment odds.
Show threadauthoredbyjames 🌲🏔🌊Jan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid Yell it from the rooftops my friend.
Show threadDoug GregorJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid maybe they should vote for Nancy Pelosi, so they can get back to the only things they are good at—whining and slinging mud
Show threadLigma JohnsonJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid

“Democracy is messy, and it’s hard. It’s never easy.” — Robert F. Kennedy

Show threadBig Head TalesJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid I assume the candidates for Speaker will now call in their #RepublicanTerrorist cells to attempt a coup of the #HouseGOP as Republicans do now when they don’t win election.
Show threadAnjy CramerJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid Republicans can’t even negotiate with themselves. 🙄
Show threadLampjeJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid maybe it's time to lose the G.
Show threadAngryYukkuriJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid They sabotage it so they can run on the claim it doesn't work, sabotage it more, run on that, etc. End goal is to replace it with a tiny plutocracy.
Show threadAlan CampbellJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid I'm somewhat mindful of comments I've heard to the effect of "for now the house can't govern". Such phrases could be thought of as blaming both parties for a chaotic House when really it's one party causing this cluster**** and it ain't the Democrats.
Show threadMasto.poetryJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid
so what is your solution?
Show threadThePsyOfLifeJan 4, 2023

@QasimRashid
The Republican meltdown in the House reflects their inability to cooperate with themselves. The inability to cooperate as a group to achieve goals leaves the group vulnerable to failing as an organization. Unfortunately, as a country, it means that we are not cooperating enough for the country to succeed.

#House #Speaker #GOP #McCarthy

https://wp.me/p7vabV-aP1

McCarthy and House Republicans in Disarray: Victims of Their Own Divisiveness

The Psy of Life
Show threadTransitBikerJan 4, 2023
@ThePsyOfLife @QasimRashid they don’t want a government.
Show threadThePsyOfLifeJan 4, 2023
@TransitBiker @QasimRashid
Au contraire, they want a govt. They want a single-party pseudo-democratic minority-rule autocracy just like they have in Russia. They want authoritarianism. They want to wring every cent out of the middle & lower class & hand it off to the 1% while skimming what they can off the top. They want to live like freaking kings while we live in Cancer Alley, drink Flint water, pay for Texas utilities and die quietly and quickly when we no longer contribute more than we cost
Show threadDiane GoldsteinJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid agreed! Media pundits always asking Democrats to reach across aisle for bipartisanship to a Republican Party who is wildly insane. The Republican Party is a clear and present danger to Democracy, and should be called out for it.
Show threadCilly’sWillJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid we need to shout this from every rooftop.
Show threadPatty WilliamsJan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid and yet they’ve gaslit the poor white working class to the point that they’ll STILL put them in office
Show threadxs4me2Jan 4, 2023
@QasimRashid
Spot on!
Show threadGwladys PendleburyJan 5, 2023
@QasimRashid It’s about time we admitted we never had working democracy in the first place. Belief in baby steps and incrementalism led to oligarchy and fascism. No, there’s no way out under the current system, but it doesn’t mean we should continue to believe fairytales.
Show threadBubblemanJan 6, 2023
@QasimRashid An Australian here who can't understand how US media buys into the insurrectionist propaganda and gaslighting by complicitly adopting the vile misnomer of "Freedom Caucus"! At least in European coverage they say "so-called Freedom Caucus".