Jeffries: There will be ‘no Democrats available’ to save Mike Johnson’s speakership

https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/watch/jeffries-there-will-be-no-democrats-available-to-save-mike-johnson-s-speakership-227701317958

36 comments

  1. I completely agree, it’s not the job of the Democratic Party to bail out the clowns in the GOP. Johnson made his bed, let him lie in it. If he doesn’t have enough votes to become Speaker due to the idolatrous worship of Elon Musk by the Freedom Caucus, that’s his problem. The American public deserves to witness the consequences of the complete inability of Republicans to govern.

  2. Strategically, wouldn’t it be worse for Mike Johnson to get help from Jeffries?

  3. They claim they have a mandate. They shouldn’t need help if that’s the case.

  4. Democrats have blown out the fuse that republicans have been relighting since Trump first day.. let them blow it up. Let the people see what the Republican end game is. The super rich trillionaires and the 99% so poor they are almost slaves

  5. Will be funny if it takes more times than last time to vote in a speaker

  6. Call me crazy…. but there’s part of me that thinks “we want Elon as speaker” is a smokescreen to get the dems to support Johnson

    “Sure he’s bad… but the other guy would be so much worse”

  7. Only took 6 weeks but “Musk the president” and all other combinations are set in people’s mind and memes.
    The next issue will be Trump will have the largest crowds on Inauguration Day.

  9. Other countries have power sharing agreements.

    Dems should only vote to save Mike Johnson if they get something of substance. Republican speaker’s promises are worth nothing, we’ve been through this already with Kevin McCarthy.

  12. Mike is absolutely welcome to vote for Jeffries of course.

  13. Given how close it is, I’ve had a fantasy of a few moderate republicans (if such a thing exists) deciding on only having one term and voting out Johnson and voting in someone more middle of the road. Mostly as a middle finger to maga

  14. You know what could be ultimately funny. With such a thing margin, what if the Democrats flip a couple Republicans and make Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker of the House? Now that’s the chaos I would love to see if the GOP really tries to make Musk the Speaker.

  15. I feel like there’s a non-zero chance that Hakeem himself gets elected Speaker this time around.

  16. Wait. If they don’t have a speaker by Jan 6th, can they certify the results? Obviously they will vote somebody in to do this and then immediately spark a revote. But would be great if they couldn’t get their shit together by 1/6.

  18. Let the shitshow implode. Repeatedly. The best thing that could happen in the next 4 years is for Congress not to pass a single bill.

  19. Jeffries needs to unite the Democratic Party and bring it forward.

  20. Can Musk be SOTH? Being in the line of succession for the presidency and not having been born in the US.

  21. Does Johnson even want the job? Didn’t he just say Musk would make a great Speaker?

  22. Fuck the GOP reps … if you vote for clowns then you get the circus too. If they want saving, then they can vote for Jeffries.

  24. God damn, this thing again, how many rounds will it go this time around? I vote for the more the merrier as I will laugh at every round.

  25. Good, enough is enough. The GOP wants to govern? Then let them govern so they can’t blame Democrats for their failures. Let them eat themselves alive.

  26. Where the fuck was this kind of smoke like 3 months ago?

    It’s about damn time they start giving Republicans a hard time.

  27. What would be the point? He isn’t going to be able or willing to help Democratic goals, so saving him for him to just get replaced by a worse person immediately after that would be silly. Let them replace him with someone worse if that is what Republicans insist on doing.

  28. I’m really hoping the Republicans fuck around, miscount and accidentally elect Jefferies to be speaker.

  29. Here’s what I don’t get. Speaker of the house is second in line for the presidency after the VP. How can Ellen serve in that capacity if he’s not a natural born citizen and cannot be president?

  31. I thought president Musk was going to do this while topping the Diablo 4 and Pathfinder leaderboards?

  32. They better not let Elon become speaker. That would be absolutely fucked.

  33. Have you met Marie Glusencamp Perez? I’m pretty sure she’ll be available for this.

  34. There’s a hilarious cinematic universe where the GOP is so deadlocked with in-fighting that after two months of nothing, a compromise is made to vote in Hakeem Jeffries as speaker

  35. That’s fine and all, but for all his craziness he is at least willing to work with Democrats when necessary. I wouldn’t want to screw around and find out who else the republicans come up with – probably someone worse

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