Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.
The blocked-House impasse deepening, Republicans have no realistic or workable plan to unite the fractured GOP majority, elect a new speaker and return to the work of Congress that has been languishing since hard-liners ousted Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise said they’re going “come back and start over” on Monday.
In all, Jordan lost 25 Republican colleagues in Friday’s vote, leaving him far from the majority needed, with next steps uncertain.
At this point, I'm suprised that a bunch of House Republicans haven't donned ski masks and held a blanket party for Pedo Matt. As of Monday, the House will have been in coma-mode for three weeks because Republicans cannot do one elementary procedure of governance.
If you voted for any of those clowns in the Party of MAGA-Stupid, this is on you.
What are the chances that this isn't mere incompetence, but deliberate, calculated sabotage?
ReplyDeleteLooks like they got the shutdown they wanted, from a different angle, and now the regular shutdown is even more likely.
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Interesting dark horse is Bergman-MI. Former three star Marine, old and somewhat middle of the caucus…he supported the attempted coup, but so did many R’s…don’t love him, but he can probably do an acceptable job.
ReplyDeleteEmmert is next up? A bit of a silver spoon?
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I don't see how Emmert is going to make it. A colleague of his from the state senate says that he can work with both sides.
ReplyDeleteI don't see anyone working with both the MAGA legislative terrorists and the moderates. Pedo Matt torpedoed that ship.
I’m wondering whether it’s the position (2nd in succession), and specifically who fills the spot which is the real fight in the GQP. To get a bit tinfoil hatted, could this be a slower auto coup with a slower timeframe?
ReplyDeleteMarc, I have wondered about that, myself.
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