Republicans scramble to adjourn amid second day of speaker chaos

The House voted to adjourn until noon Thursday, still without a speaker as Kevin McCarthy says talks are progressing. 

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[johnnydawson]

Why doesn't McCarthy simply call Brad Raffensburger to "find" the needed votes?

[druck]

funny how the republicans clapped after being adjourned… they thought they did something!… wow!

[suomynona]

I would have voted for one more round to humiliate Invertebrate McCarthy. How many times is he going to lose before he realizes he's a loser?

[persephonekajira]

They divided the U.S. so much that now their own party is divided 🤣😂

[rgwak]

republicans: "Yay! We finally won the vote!"
Everyone: "It was a vote to quit for the night."
republican: "And we won it!"
Everyone: 🤔😂🤣

[mortenthorpe]

The biggest kindergarten in the world, with the oldest kindergartners… I give you … the GOP!

[dldavi]

This is sad. And they only have themselves to blame.

[jamesp]

This reminds me of that "Election Night" sketch by Monty Python. Sensible party, Silly party and the Very Silly party.
Total comedic gold.

[Richard-odyd]

McCarthy couldn't lead a pack of starving wolves to fresh meat !!

[MrMetro-mtqv]

We are literally watching a monster eat its own tail.

[mikekelley]

Let the GOP tear itself apart, it's already making the 2024 democratic victory even easier.

I wonder what day next week, that Speaker Hakeem Jeffries will take his place.

[californiacat]

"You'll be so tired of winning, NOT !! 😸 everything trump touches turns to mold.

[carlosclara]

Now I know how a Banana Republic is running its governent. This is hillarious. Only in America we got clowns in one Party dictating the rules.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[darrenskjoelsvold]

Next thing you know, Kevin McCarthy is going to blame Dominion Voting machines for all this chaos.😅😂🤣

[missopowers]

The House appears to be experiencing the equivalent of the Blue Screen of Death, so now they're trying a familiar tactic: turn it off, then turn it back on tomorrow and see if it will boot up and run correctly.
I'm not optimistic.

[legitquitfitness]

I can't wait to watch SNL this weekend, the Republican Party has given them so much!!!

[jimmyhurley]

This is a historical thing of beauty!!! When crazy people can't agree on how crazy they are and then celebrate when someone calls them stupid...amazing!!

[eternalskeptic]

Meanwhile, Independents like me are watching the GOP's vulgar display of ineptitude...

Please, continue. 😁

[lurkerrekrul]

I hope this shitshow goes on for a very long time!

[kellymurray]

I had to rewatch this to realize they were celebrating the vote to continue their losing streak