Rep. Nancy Mace has ripped Speaker Mike Johnson for the way he has run the House of Representatives in a New York Times op-ed, the latest sign of discontent among Republicans with the speaker.
Mace, a former moderate who moved hard to the right who is now running for governor, criticized Johnson and House leadership for closing the lawmaking process and concentrating it among themselves.
“Would opening up the floor lead to more conservative bills passing or more bipartisan ones? The honest answer is: It would do both,” she wrote.
“Some Republican priorities would finally get a vote. So, too, would common-sense bipartisan measures. The point is to do more and let voters see where their representatives stand. What we have now is the worst of all worlds: little accountability, transparency and results.”
Apparently she ran out of people willing to shake her hand.
Nobody asked what you think Nancy
She was very effective at using her inside knowledge to trade on the stock market.
Pelosi was a good politician. That doesn’t make her a good person. She fleeced millions from insider stock trading in her position of power.
Good politician in terms of behaving like a politician, maybe. In terms of serving her constituents? Nah.
Good politician is generally taken to mean good at corralling the other politicians into passing your agendas, at least how I usually see it use. Like how people call McConnell a “good” politician . Idk tho
Yeah that’s pretty much what I meant. Good at playing the game, not great at representing the people. Like most politicians.
Huh. Here I am sort of agreeing with Nancy Mace.
Wow, this century is a long time. Nope, just 25 years. Wait, 25 years? Y2K wasn’t that long ago, was it?
No. It was 26 years ago, because we were handling it in the run-up to 2000, not the following December.
Jan 1, 2000 was almost 26 years ago…
It’s not like the Republicans set a high bar. Pelosi barely cleared it.
Pelosi stood on top of a pile of money she insider-traded on to top that bat
You might disagree with her policies but she was one of the absolute best at being speaker and getting votes.
and getting votes
Votes for what? Compromise isn’t intrinsically good.
Republicans believe government cannot and will not work. Elect them and they will show you. 😉
Truly heartbreaking.
Of all her crimes, that outfit might be near the top.
Looks like she’s getting ready to enter the fire temple.
That outfit says, “I need mental health help”, and also “Notice ME!!!”.
Do you comment on male representatives’ outfits this way too?
Most of them wear the same damned outfit so not really any way to do that to most. But folks have been making fun of Trump’s clothes for forever and if you want to expand it to pissants in politics but aren’t elected then Musk exists.
Fetterman wearing a hoodie and shorts.
Yeah I can’t get over that either. Every time I see him.
President Piggy wearing a cheap polyester suit and fake silk tie. Not to mention his girdle, lifts and that weird orange face paint. I’ve met whores with more class than him, and wearing wayyyyy less makeup.
You know you’re making a bad faith point? That’s just not the reality we live in.
I mean if they wore a bright baby blue 70s suit with those classic over extended undershirt lapels, I’d comment, but the most we get in variation is John Fetterman.
How can you comment on content that doesn’t exist, they all wear traditional suits.
I’m making a bad faith point by asking an honest question about whether or not this is a one-time thing or sexism? Mace has a lot of reasons to be criticized, her attire doesn’t need to enter the conversation. Criticizing women attire, if done more to them than men, is text book sexism. Your comment even proves my point more. You see a suit and think it’s a pass, but i could list lots of male representatives whose suits or styles i disagree with! From fit, shoes, socks, or the knot of their tie! To you these things may not matter but this is the equivalent of fighting over what color dress or type of footwear a woman makes. So why does it not matter when a man wears a shitty tied knot but a pink dress and cowboy boots someone needs to comment on it and someone else needs to 'splain im the one acting in bad faith? lmao. The only difference is that by and large the population is more critical of women attire to discredit their leadership. Think what you will about her but her attire has nothing to do with her ability (or not) to serve the people that elected her.
To answer your question directly, we shouldn’t focus on what any of them are wearing. Those things i mentioned about men’s suits? They don’t matter either.
Funny, I didn’t think it could really get worse than Pelosi until Johnson showed up.
Hastert was a child molester. Boehner and Ryan were nothing to get excited about, either.
And then there is Newt, who bears responsibility for so much that is awful about our political situation these days.
Yeah, you’re right, they’re all horrible.
So you thought Kevin McCarthy was better than Nancy Pelosi?
Hah, no, of course not. There’s been many horrible speakers.
Why? Because she can count? Because she can be stern to her caucus and get them to STFU?
She took impeachment off the table for Bush.
What a weird photo
It’s like they put two balloons in a pink dress and stuck two pvc pipes underneath
