Republican Jim Jordan's bid for speaker falling short in US House
Republican Jim Jordan's bid for speaker falling short in US House
Combative right-wing Republican Jim Jordan appeared to be falling short in his bid to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, one of the most powerful posts in Washington, as voting continued on Tuesday.
With voting underway, at least nine Republicans had cast ballots against his bid, likely leaving him short of the 217 votes he would need to win the job. More rounds of voting are expected if he does not prevail on the first vote.
If he prevails, the Ohio lawmaker who has spent years fighting with leaders of his own party could end up in a position that puts him second in line for the presidency.
Republicans who control the chamber nominated Jordan as a replacement for Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker by a small group of his fellow Republicans on Oct. 3.
"He is a patriot, an America First warrior who wins the toughest of fights," Republican Representative Elise Stefanik said as she nominated Jordan for speaker on the House floor.
He is a patriot
How does anyone say that with a straight face? What a terrible joke.
But they'll probably get him in the chair after enough rounds of voting. I'd never put my money on the strength of character of house Republicans.
You didn’t know? Only the most patriotic Americans would support the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government.
Clearly.
(That's only true when they succeed, of course.)
It's Elise Stefanik saying that, she's a Trump humping opportunist, she couldn't give AF if Jordan had raped wrestlers at Ohio State himself, she would still use doublespeak to prop Jordan up as something he's absolutely not.
These fucking people don't know what a patriot is and don't care at all about anything that doesn't affect them.
You gotta keep going with the quote:
He is a patriot, an America First warrior
Fascist Representative Elise Stafanik was specifically praising Jim Jordan's NAZI bona-fides.
He was literally one of the central people in the coup attempt
Jim Jordan is a joke of a man.
He is a patrioTraitor
Cosplatriot.
The word is now a dog whistle. Patriot means fascist-loving, liberal-hating, bootlicking asshole.
Stefanik is a quack qtard
He is a patriot
He's an insurrectionist. That's what he is.
He's a tireless advocate for coaches who molest their student athletes.
Seems like a common theme for these far-right nutjobs.
Not if we let the GOP write the history books. Vote as if the future of our nation depends on it, because it absolutely does.
i'm an insurrectionist. jordan doesn't even understand insurrectionism. please stop.
He got 200 votes the first round. Jeffries got 212 (all the democrats). 20 republicans voted for someone else.
What a piece of shit.
You mean child molester Gym Jordan?
To be fair, he did not do the molesting. He just did absolutely nothing about it when it was brought to his attention a dozen times.
Jordan looked at all the embarrassment that McCarthy went through in his vote, and decided "yeah, I want some of that!"
The current Republican Party is the weakest least qualified group of politicians I have seen in my lifetime. They would be better of setting up a clown show.
They would be better of setting up a clown show.
That's exactly what they've done
Wow what a shock that a man who covered up the rape of kids at his school didn’t get elected to the third most important position in American politics.
I assure you, as depressing as it is, that fact is probably irrelevant to this decision.
It may have got him more votes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#Sex_abuse_scandal_and_federal_prosecution
All the craziness aside, he has never sponsored a bill that passed. He is simply bad at his job.
Good, FTG! Piece of shit only elected because of that sweet gerrymandered district.
Republicans who control the chamber
That's a generous statement
No mention of who Matt Gaetz voted for. Journalists should be keeping track of what he's doing to solve the problem he created.
One journalist said something about him looking like a dog who was busy sniffing his own farts.
Gaetz was one of Gym's defenders back in 2018 when he was eyballing the house speakership on Paul Ryan's way out.
So it wouldn't surprise me if Gaetz is lining to volunteer for some of the ol' Ohio State locker room routine.
18 against so far, I think 4 more haven't voted yet. Can only afford to lose 4 so I gotta think there are 4 hardened never-Jordans among the 18-22 opposed.
Until they get bribed, like McCarthy bribed those voting against him.
McCarthy only had to bribe MAGAnauts, though, and they only believe in personal profit. Jordan has to bribe members of the establishment, and some of them actually believe in the rule of law.
As the Chamber Turns ...