Comments on: Speaker's Contest Is Wide Open http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/23/speakers-contest-is-wide-open/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 04:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/23/speakers-contest-is-wide-open/#comment-204594 nypoet22 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:05:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24250#comment-204594 221, pardon 221, pardon

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/23/speakers-contest-is-wide-open/#comment-204593 nypoet22 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:04:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24250#comment-204593 by "more moderate" i meant more moderate than anyone else they'd put forward. clearly nobody who met that definition volunteered, but that doesn't mean the entire 217 member conference is devoid of a single reasonable voice. by "more moderate" i meant more moderate than anyone else they'd put forward. clearly nobody who met that definition volunteered, but that doesn't mean the entire 217 member conference is devoid of a single reasonable voice.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/23/speakers-contest-is-wide-open/#comment-204585 John M from Ct. Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:28:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24250#comment-204585 When we say that "just two, Emmer and Scott, voted to certify Biden's election", that seems to suggest that they are somehow more 'moderate' than the others on this list, on the question of supporting Trump's Big Lie that he actually won in 2020. Another political commentary site, EV.com, took a slightly longer perspective on this question today: "The two clear, objective criteria for labeling someone a 2020 election denier are: (1) if they voted to reject 2020 electoral votes from one or more states, and (2) if they signed the amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to declare the 2020 results to be phony. Here's a rundown of the eight still-standing candidates, and where they stood on each matter: "Candidate Voted to Reject? Signed Brief? Jack Bergman (R-MI) Yes Yes Byron Donalds (R-FL) Yes No Tom Emmer (R-MN) No Yes Kevin Hern (R-OK) Yes Yes Mike Johnson (R-LA) Yes Yes Gary Palmer (R-AL) Yes Yes Pete Sessions (R-TX) Yes No Austin Scott (R-GA) No Yes "In short, you have eight election deniers, including four who might be called double election deniers." I am puzzled by nyp22's plaintive wish for a "more moderate member" of the Republican House who could win the Speakership with just a "small contingent" of Democrats voting for him or her. Who, exactly, would that be? How, in terms of numbers, would a Republican Representative get almost all the Republican votes for Speaker if it was clear he also had some support from known communist pedophile Democratic members? When we say that "just two, Emmer and Scott, voted to certify Biden's election", that seems to suggest that they are somehow more 'moderate' than the others on this list, on the question of supporting Trump's Big Lie that he actually won in 2020.

Another political commentary site, EV.com, took a slightly longer perspective on this question today:

"The two clear, objective criteria for labeling someone a 2020 election denier are: (1) if they voted to reject 2020 electoral votes from one or more states, and (2) if they signed the amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to declare the 2020 results to be phony. Here's a rundown of the eight still-standing candidates, and where they stood on each matter:

"Candidate Voted to Reject? Signed Brief?

Jack Bergman (R-MI) Yes Yes
Byron Donalds (R-FL) Yes No
Tom Emmer (R-MN) No Yes
Kevin Hern (R-OK) Yes Yes
Mike Johnson (R-LA) Yes Yes
Gary Palmer (R-AL) Yes Yes
Pete Sessions (R-TX) Yes No
Austin Scott (R-GA) No Yes

"In short, you have eight election deniers, including four who might be called double election deniers."

I am puzzled by nyp22's plaintive wish for a "more moderate member" of the Republican House who could win the Speakership with just a "small contingent" of Democrats voting for him or her. Who, exactly, would that be? How, in terms of numbers, would a Republican Representative get almost all the Republican votes for Speaker if it was clear he also had some support from known communist pedophile Democratic members?

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/23/speakers-contest-is-wide-open/#comment-204582 nypoet22 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:22:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24250#comment-204582 I'm hoping a small contingent of conservative Dems convinces the Republicans to nominate a more moderate member in exchange for their support. I'm hoping a small contingent of conservative Dems convinces the Republicans to nominate a more moderate member in exchange for their support.

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