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* Pool photo from Justin Fowler of the State Journal-Register of House Republican Leader Jim Durkin…

Keep it clean, people.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:07 pm

Comments

  1. Hi House Dems..can I be your speaker? Hello?

    Comment by Pizza Man Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:09 pm

  2. “As your next speaker…”

    Comment by NIU Grad Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm

  3. “The ILGOP is this close to oblivion.”

    “I am this close to accepting the election results”

    “I am this close to giving the Eastern Bloc a talking to”

    Comment by JS Mill Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:10 pm

  4. I am this close to being speaker.

    Comment by Red ghetto in a blue state Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:11 pm

  5. “Can you ‘C’ me now?”

    Comment by Sayitaintso Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:12 pm

  6. “And a 1, and a 2… come on people…I just need 60 votes. Can’t you find me 60 votes???”

    Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:13 pm

  7. I wish it was bigger than this, but, sadly, its not.

    Comment by Siualum Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:15 pm

  8. (Very obscure reference, but some might get it)

    “I’m crushing your bill”

    Comment by fs Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm

  9. “Not wearing a mask can cause… well, you know.”

    Comment by Chuck Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm

  10. “The itsy, bitsy spider went up the water spout.”

    Comment by Observation Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:16 pm

  11. fs wins

    Comment by TheInvisibleMan Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:17 pm

  12. “Now, for a show of unity, everybody sing with me: ‘The itsy-bitsy spider ran up the water spout…’”

    Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm

  13. “Your lack of faith is disappointing…”
    (as Dems begin to gasp for air)

    Comment by RegularJoe Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:19 pm

  14. On my left hand,I hold the ballots for the Speakers race. Not the ones that the dems day are real, but the ones from the real voters.

    Comment by Bruce( no not him) Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:21 pm

  15. Dang spell check. Say not day

    Comment by Bruce( no not him) Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:22 pm

  16. OK, players, let’s take it from Measure 38 again. Winds, pp means softer, keep it down please…

    Comment by stateandlake Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:26 pm

  17. I finally figured this mask thing out, over the nose.

    Comment by twowaystreet Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:31 pm

  18. “No. Guess… tongue in or out… ready?…. ‘Go’… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:32 pm

  19. “Point of order, how do you know I have a small piece of lettuce stuck in my teeth?”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:33 pm

  20. Phenominal Cosmic Power (itty bitty living space)

    Comment by Skeptic Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:34 pm

  21. I havent run the state into oblivion like Mike did.

    Comment by glacier Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:35 pm

  22. “My caucus has grown this much in the last decade.”

    Comment by Left of the Lake Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:36 pm

  23. See if I let go of the mike pool i can stand up…all by myself…for brief periods

    Comment by Annonin' Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm

  24. “Not one time, not even this much, have I golfed on an Election Day”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:41 pm

  25. “I will miss Skillicorn, Cabello, and Wehrli this much… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:42 pm

  26. “This is the ILGOP’s relevance unless you appoint me Speaker…”

    Comment by thisjustinagain Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:43 pm

  27. I said you were capricious, with a c.

    Comment by pool boy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:45 pm

  28. You asked how relevant the Republican caucus has been so far to the election of a Speaker? Oh, about this much.

    Comment by SouthSide Markie Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 2:56 pm

  29. “I need to say a couple things so I can use my words to fundraise, so bare with me… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:04 pm

  30. “It needs to be noted that 45 is a lil more than 44… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:11 pm

  31. I wear true n-95 face masks because they work better, and I am more important than the rest.

    Comment by flea Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:20 pm

  32. That’s about the size of it and thankful it’s not any smaller.

    Comment by Frumpy White Guy Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 3:43 pm

  33. I’ve been willing to let the press come closer to the action here on the floor than my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. How much closer? Oh, about this much.

    Comment by Dysfunction Junction Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:00 pm

  34. “I was telling the Chief that I missed him by that much.”

    Comment by don the legend Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:06 pm

  35. “I just have a teeny little question before you go, Speaker. Can I have your desk?”

    Comment by SandyC Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:10 pm

  36. “I have this many members.”

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:32 pm

  37. So you’re telling me that I have to raise my mask that much and I’ll be wearing my mask properly?

    Well, I lowered my mask that much because my glasses were all fogged up.

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:43 pm

  38. Look, he’s crawling up my wall
    Black and hairy, very small
    Now he’s up above my head
    Hanging by a little thread

    Boris the spider

    Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 4:45 pm

  39. Let me give my list of demands for the next speaker

    Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jan 12, 21 @ 5:32 pm

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