The so called first MAGA drama is the visa question, but a bigger one is on the horizon

 

First of all, Merry fourth day of Christmas

And I am not original, I saw an article that talked about what happens if the Republicans cannot elect a Speaker of the House in time to certify the election.

My questions are, do they just postpone the certification or can they? And if they postpone how fast does Trump get involved so he will be certified?

Yet what happens if they duke it out significantly for Speaker and the certification drags out? Who does Trump back just to get certified?

So will Johnson prevail or has he hissed off the Republican/MAGA world and they don’t have anyone with general support to replace him.

This can be some popcorn generating entertainment if this drags out. I am sure some of the HIB visa question will play into this morass, but realistically what happens if Johnson falters.

I think, but am not predicting they re-elect Johnson for two reasons. One they don’t have a replacement they can coalesce around and two pushing off Trump’s certification will be on the back of their minds and no one has the spine to tell him to sit down and shut up until we figure this out, well no one beyond Chip Roy. Maybe he should be Speaker. If so definitely need to buy more popcorn before the tariffs hit because with him things will get real interesting, debt limit v. no debt limit, spending and I haven’t followed him enough to know how he feels about tax cuts. Hopefully he goes full financial responsible and doesn’t support any, would love some for us middle and working class bees, but not giving any cuts would sure be fun to watch play out. Those billionaires in the budget cutting department may not be too happy. And it almost seems an oxymoron to say billionaires in the budget cutting department, but we all know the real truth, cut other programs so I get more government contracts to expand my businesses.

It will be nice if we get someone who doesn’t kow tow to Trump, three branches of independent government and all, ya’ll.

From what I read the House has to be sworn in to certify the results and they cannot be seated without electing the Speaker first. Folks it is December 28, we have 6 days until the Speaker election.

We also have 8 days of Christmas left, let’s enjoy them all because 2025 is going to be an interesting year to be alive.

Also don’t forget to stock up on your tequila and Canadian Whiskey before January 20^th.

So cheers quickly now!