That Mailbox Was Already Knocked Down (Listen, I'm funny)

On Tuesday, House Republicans narrowed down their eight options for speaker to Minnesota’s Tom Emmer and then removed him, all within the span of four hours. It was crazy. This morning, I didn’t even know who Tom Emmer was. Now I still don’t. Altoids last longer than these Republican nominees. —Jimmy Kimmel

“The House GOP has repeatedly humiliated itself with its inability to do even the simplest legislative function: pick a speaker of the House, proving themselves to be not so much a legislative body, but a flaming bag of poop left on the Capitol’s doorstep. And Tuesday was the piece de re-stupid because after multiple rounds of voting, Republicans finally settled on Tom Emmer, a lawmaker known for getting two DUIs and then sponsoring legislation to lower the legal penalties for drunk driving. OK, so a little self-serving. He also introduced HR 2435: That Mailbox Was Already Knocked Down.” —Stephen Colbert

So maybe not the perfect candidate, but Republicans were this close to having a functioning government. Which is, of course, Donald Trump’s mortal enemy. And the former president took to Truth Social to criticize Emmer, effectively ending his chances of becoming speaker. He dropped out of the race shortly after. Farewell, Tom Emmer. At this point, I’d call the GOP a clown car, but clowns go to college. —Stephen Colbert

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