Now the GOP Can Get to Work.

So, on the 15th vote the GOP finally figured out how to buy off the so-called Freedom Caucus and elected a Speaker and here’s the really good news. I listened to every word spoken on the floor of the House every time that nominations were made before every vote, and I didn’t hear the words ‘Donald Trump’ mentioned even once.

In fact, when Kevin McCarthy accepted the gavel from Hakeem Jeffries and made a short acceptance speech, he sounded about as typical and traditional as any Republican leader has ever sounded — lower taxes, tough on crime, cut government spending and by the way, not one single word about the ‘hoax’ of global warming or even the vaguest mention of foreign affairs.

Where’s MAGA? Where’s George Soros and the Deep State? I’ll tell you where they are. To quote Grandpa, they’re in ‘drerd’ (read: the toilet.)

I did notice, by the way, that George Santos was sitting next to Matt Gaetz, and there’s even some internet chatter that Santos was flashing a white supremacist hand signal as he raised his hand to vote. But nothing that Santos says or does would surprise me. For all I know, he’s even lying about being gay.

As for the dire predictions about how a GOP-controlled lower chamber will result in all kinds of problems for the liberals and the death of any more progressive legislation sponsored by Joe, let’s…