For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.’ Now it’s official. Hakeem has called us the Caucus of Chaos. Monday 6 pm is High Noon. Jordan won the nomination by 124 to ‘roughly’ 80. Let’s say 83. That’s 207. Where were the other 14? Later, 152 said they would back Jordan, 55 said they would vote against him. Again 207, where were the 14?
The reason it’s so important is because it doesn’t take 217 to win. It only takes a majority of whoever shows up. Following that little piece of logic, whoever wins would need only 210 votes (433-14=419). 65 rinos need a come to Jesus moment over the weekend. Guess who already has 212 rock solid votes? The Republicans could have the first Democrat Speaker of the House with a Republican majority; as well as the first Black. The rinos would be a part of history. Someone please prove me wrong.
Well, to be fair, it was a small number of Republicans on the right wing that banded together with their ideological foes, the Democrats, against the vast majority of Republicans in ousting McCarthy. It took many many rounds of votes for McCarthy to win to begin with due to demands being made by those holdout votes. At the end of the day, the story is going to be that a small number of representatives tried to overreach one time too often.