Louie Gohmert running for Speaker

[morgieb]

Endorsed.

[Barnes]

This should make Tuesday quite amusing to watch! Seeing as challengers have actually declared, at least the "coup" won't fizzle out like in did in 2013.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

So....what if he wins?

The moderate bench would sooner vote for Pelosi instead of voting for Gohmert.

[Sopranos Republican]

Endorsed.

[King]

Guys, next two years is gridlock anyway. Gohmert wouldn't have any consequences and be hilarious.

[DrScholl]

Hard conservatives always insist that they can govern best, so why not give one a chance to finally have a position of authority? Let them prove their own delusions wrong on the public stage. And going into 2016, it can't hurt Democrats to have Gohmert as a GOP leader.

[Libertarian Socialist Dem]

Gingrich-Brain=Gohmert

[LeBron]

There may not even be a Speaker after the Tuesday election. Boehner barely won the necessary support back in 2013 by like 2 votes (even though he was basically unopposed), and now all the Gohmert-Scalise Caucus needs is 30 Republican votes to block Boehner which should be easy.

But could you guys imagine? Louie Gohmert and a white supremacist leading the GOP Majority in the House lmao.

Also:

Endorsed.

[retromike22]

Endorsed.

[Landslide Lyndon]

So....what if he wins?

Jon Stewart and the Onion will go out of business.

[morgieb]

There may not even be a Speaker after the Tuesday election. Boehner barely won the necessary support back in 2013 by like 2 votes (even though he was basically unopposed), and now all the Gohmert-Scalise Caucus needs is 30 Republican votes to block Boehner which should be easy.

But could you guys imagine? Louie Gohmert and a white supremacist leading the GOP Majority in the House lmao.

Also:

Endorsed.

Umm...isn't he linked to the Republican establishment?

[BaconBacon96]

Endorsed.

[IceSpear]

Endorsed.

[free my dawg]

Endorsed.

[King]

Steve King's rallying the troops behind Gohmert

http://news.yahoo.com/conservative-representative-king-wont-support-boehner-speakers-job-143741702.html

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Endorsed.

[Mister Mets]

So....what if he wins?

It will be a surprise if he gets ten percent support.

[All Along The Watchtower]

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[Landslide Lyndon]

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I salute the courage and patriotism of these great Americans.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

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Why doesn't Massie run instead? He actually seems like a viable candidate for Speaker.

[IceSpear]

If Gohmert actually becomes speaker, it will be a turning point. Nobody even slightly sane will have any excuse for continuing to remain a Republican.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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Why doesn't Massie run instead? He actually seems like a viable candidate for Speaker.

Massie is after a Senate seat I think. Yea, Speaker of the House is nice, but it is also a longshot. Why challenge the establishment when he will need their help and backing in 6 years to take McConnell's seat assuming he retires (or in 2.5 years if Rand runs for President maybe). Kentucky is far from safe R (though a Presidential electorate may actually help) so support will be needed and not just Rand Paul's.

Voting for an alternative candidate is one thing, but being a martyr like Gohmert or as Bachmann tried to do when she attempted to infiltrate the leadership will make you a pariah. 

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

So....what if he wins?

The moderate bench would sooner vote for Pelosi instead of voting for Gohmert.

Speaker votes don't operate on a primary system.

[Prince of Salem]

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Ted Yoho too? They're doomed

[Thomas D]

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