McCarthy is "a vassal state of MAGA Nation." -- Rep.-elect Eric Swalwell on MSNBC. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Ali Velshi quoting Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come" in reference to Kevin McCarthy's so-far-futile efforts to become speaker. I love that song. It makes no damn sense in this context, but I am here for it. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCall

"I know I'm going to have to abandon logic if I'm going to continue to cover the insurrectionist wing of the Republican Party." -- MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Andy Harris flipped for McCarthy, but it's too little, too late. #13thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Gaetz votes for Jordan, so McCarthy's route to winning on this ballot just became mathematically impossible. #13thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Biggs, Boebert, and now Crane have voted for Jordan, so McCarthy's gonna go 0-for-13. #13thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

McCarthy needs 4 out of Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Harris, and Rosendale. I'm skeptical. #13thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Comer vows to drag the Senate "kicking and screaming" along with the MAGAts in the House. Good luck, son. *makes wanking motion* #13thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

COVID denier James Comer nominates McCarthy on the #13thBallot. Vows, "The Republicans will also investigate the president for potential wrongdoing in Ukraine and Russia." Also, the missing Democrat (who was out having previously scheduled surgery) is back, so McCarthy needs to flip 4, not 3. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Total number of representatives voting today is 431, down from 434 in previous ballots. So McCarthy, who got 213 on the 12th ballot, needs three more flips to win. But which three out of the seven remaining holdouts might flip seems awfully hard to discern. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

14 of the Republicans who had opposed McCarthy flipped to him, but it wasn't enough. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

And McCarthy is 0-12. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Boebert nominates Kevin Hern. #12thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

For a guy under investigation for sex-trafficking minors, Gaetz certainly has an awful lot to say about purity, particularly when he argues, "Madam Clerk, there is great trust in Mr. (Gym) Jordan," the guy who turned a blind eye to serial sexual assault of Ohio State wrestlers. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar #12thBallot

Gaetz gets up not only to trash McCarthy (and to trash Garcia for nominating McCarthy) but also to nominate Gym Jordan. Gaetz argues for the rights of 20 self-absorbed wankers to keep government from governing. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Jim Clyburn nominates Hakeem Jeffries. #12thBallot #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Interesting, and not a little nauseating, to hear a member of the Coup Party invoke Chamberlain's charge at Little Round Top. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

Whoever this rep from California is nominating McCarthy, he recognizes the Capitol Police on the second anniversary of the Republicans' coup attempt. The hypocrisy has Ben Franklin spinning in his grave fast enough to power Fresno indefinitely. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

The 12th ballot begins with McCartney being nominated again. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar

If you can't be a good leader, at least be likable. Kevin McCarthy, based on the video I just watched of his gaggle with reporters a few minutes ago, he's neither. #RepublicansInRuins #GOPClownCar