Republicans have picked Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota as their nominee for House speaker as they try for a third time to fill the top leadership position and get Congress back to work.
bloopernova ( @bloopernova@programming.dev ) English2•8 months agoLast time, the “moderates” didn’t like gym jordan.
This time around, will the extremists vote for tom emmer?
Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English1•8 months agoI think we both already know the answer to that
I was just going to comment about how he only got 117 votes in the closed door session … aaaand he’s withdrawn.
bloopernova ( @bloopernova@programming.dev ) English2•8 months agoHoly shit I worked for a couple of hours and he’s already gone. Faster even than British prime minister Liz “Lettuce” Truss.
I think Jeffrey Clark was “Attorney General” for longer.
bloopernova ( @bloopernova@programming.dev ) English3•8 months agoWe’re talking micromooches here!
e_t_ ( @e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net ) 1•8 months agoThere’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.