GOP's Jim Jordan will try again to become House speaker, but his detractors are considering options
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Having lost the first vote to become House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan will try a decisive second ballot.

Having lost the first vote to become House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan will try again on a decisive second ballot that will test whether the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump can win over the holdouts or if his bid for the gavel is collapsing, denied by detractors.

Ahead of Wednesday morning’s voting, Jordan made an unexpected plea for party unity, the combative Judiciary Committee chairman telling his colleagues on social media, “we must stop attacking each other and come together.”

But a surprisingly large and politically diverse group of 20 Republicans rejected Jordan’s nomination, many resisting the hardball tactics enforcing support, and viewing the Ohio congressman as too extreme for the powerful position of House speaker, second in line to the presidency.

  • TransplantedSconie
    313·
    9 months ago

    Hes fucked.

    He has the money raising power of a twig stuck in cowshit, the charisma of a run over frog, and absolutely no one (save for absolute morons) believes the whole jacket off, I’m working hard shtick.

    They will end up making the Speaker Pro Tem be able to push legislation and get them working again because the Pro-Israel donors want aid to Israel and decide the speakership later down the road.

    • eran_morad@lemmy.world
      341·
      9 months ago

      I’ll take this outcome over Gym Jordan, sexual abuse enabler, insurrectionist and traitor to the Republic, Speaker of the House of Representatives, any day.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      9 months ago

      and decide the speakership later down the road.

      “Down the road” could very well be after the 2024 elections, when saner leadership is voted in.