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The House has a new Speaker... and he's black
10-03-2023, 03:18 PM
Liberal MP Greg Fergus elected Speaker of the House of Commons
That took less than a week. Here's hoping that this restores at least some of Canada's credibility on the world stage.
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RE: The House has a new Speaker... and he's black
10-03-2023, 07:19 PM
Quit bragging about how your country can actually elect a speaker.
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RE: The House has a new Speaker... and he's black
10-25-2023, 01:06 PM
(10-03-2023, 07:19 PM)Labster Wrote: Quit bragging about how your country can actually elect a speaker.
Hey, you can do it, too -- it just takes you five times as long, and you're still choosing white guys.
Republican Mike Johnson secures needed votes to be next U.S. House Speaker
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RE: The House has a new Speaker... and he's black
12-13-2023, 09:30 PM
We almost needed another Speaker this week, because the new Speaker did the worst possible thing a Speaker of the House could do: He acted in a partisan manner while presenting himself as Speaker.
He's apologized, he's had his metaphorical knuckles rapped by a committee of the House, and as long as it doesn't happen again he's allowed to remain in the job.
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