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    This is great news since it officially establishes that Johnson has a dependency on Democrats now. Which gives Dems more leverage because if Johnson refuses to cooperate on something in the future than Dems could bring a motion to vacate the chair.

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      It also shows how toothless the extreme MAGA side is. Democrats and moderate Republicans made bipartisan deals to get aid passed and this troglodyte can’t abide compromise. She genuinely thinks compromise is evil.

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      No sooner than Greene triggered the vote on her motion to vacate the speaker from his office, the Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise countered by calling first for a vote to table it.

      An overwhelming majority, 359-43, kept Johnson in his job, for now.

      The House voted nearly immediately to resolve something. How often does that happen? That is a resounding rejection.

      There are mechanisms for Congress to expell members, but that’s unlikely to come up Santos for her.

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    Has anyone ever noticed that mtg looks like a wax life sized figure of a cave woman in the natural history display at the local museum?

    Someone needs to give her a basket so she can gather some berries!

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        I feel like these ad homien attacks are what allow people like Marjorie to thrive. If all you can do is put someone down for how they look then I really don’t need to listen to what you have to say.

        It’s unfortunate because there are way worse things about Marjorie than her looks.

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          I’m not saying ad hom is good, I’m saying she factually looks like a Neanderthal. If it’s insulting to anyone, it’s Neanderthals.

          On the other hand, ridicule is the only way you can actually engage with someone like marge because you can’t actually engage in good faith.

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      I’ve heard that she is actually Dog the Bounty Hunter in drag. I mean, it is possible… has anyone seen the two of them in the same place at the same time. And the resemblance is uncanny!

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    I intentionally take in news from different political views and the only people talking about MTG are generally Democrats. She’s an annoying nobody to the right. I’m not at all surprised her power play fizzled.

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      If it stops the legislature from being paralyzed and gives Democrats leverage, it’s certainly better than the alternative. But no…it’s not ideal.

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    We didn’t need proof that they’re all the same but here we can see Democrats voting to keep a christofascist in power so Israel can continue a genocide. America, your vote really does not matter but maybe you feel good “participating” in this reality show? We all deserve a little something to make us feel good every few years.

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        You are not making sense. In what bubble does what you said sound like English? [Edit: it was this bubble all along! Looks like I made a wrong turn on my way out of Reddit And landed on a State Department website. Is my karma still good or did they wipe it?]