Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who refused to give him the the gavel.
Next steps were highly uncertain as a bipartisan group of lawmakers floated an extraordinary plan — to give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power to reopen the House and temporarily conduct routine business.
What was clear was that Jordan’s path to become House speaker was almost certainly lost. He was opposed by two more than the 20 Republican detractors he lost in first round voting the day before.
Right now, there seem to be enough Republicans in the House who regard the Constitution and the rule of law as being worth more than a roll of toilet paper, so they are reluctant to vote for an insurrectionist plotter and a man who allegedly willfully closed his eyes to sexual predation at Ohio State.
We'll see if they can hold the line, if they have learned how to drive the bus from their counterparts in the Putinite Caucus.
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I don't really care much for Jim Jordan, based not on his possible ignoring sexual issues, which are abhorrent enough, but because I have watched a few of the videos on Youtube of him interacting with witnesses before committees he was either on or chaired. Like so many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, he doesn't seem as interested in getting information from the various people, but rather he is interested in getting publicity from his position on those major committees.
As for the Republicans getting their sh, I mean act together and actually voting in someone who is capable of leading the House in the direction that is sorely needed at this critical point in history, don't forget it is still the same people that put Kevin McCarthy in that position. Granted, he did the right thing in keeping the government from shutting down, but then he got crucified for it.
As a reminder, the one who led that crucifixion was Matt Getz. The same Matt Getz who had charges of hiring underage girls for sex. I checked and the DOJ decided not to pursue charges. It sounded like the reason was not that they thought the charges were unfounded, but that the witnesses were not credible.
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