Posted on 10/17/2023 11:43:07 AM PDT by thegagline
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Oh.) fell short of the 217 votes needed to succeed ousted Kevin McCarthy as the next Speaker of the House, on the first ballot Tuesday — making a second ballot necessary.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY.) bested Jordan, drawing 212 votes to Jordan’s 200. There were 20 votes for other candidates.
The night before Tuesday’s vote, several Republican lawmakers emerged from a House GOP conference meeting saying that they won’t vote for Jordan, 59.
Jordan, however, came out of the meeting confident that he will be elected speaker of the House on Tuesday — despite at least six GOP lawmakers still opposed to his nomination and others undecided.
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Bacon (NE)
Buck (CO)
Chavez-Deremer (OR)
D’Esposito (NY)
Diaz-Balart (FL)
Ellzey (TX)
Garbarino (NY)
Gimenez (FL)
Gonzales (TX)
Granger (TX)
James (MI)
Kelly (PA)
Kiggans (VA)
LaLota (NY)
Lamafla (CA)
Lawler (NY)
Rutherford (FL)
Simpson (ID)
Spartz (IN)
Womack (AR)
1 reason why they win. I wonder if there is any way (besides normal vote) the repubs can boot the turn coat RINOs out of office?
WTF! Get a damn rope!
So sick of rino scum.
The longer we go without a speaker the better off we all are.
Freedom Caucus was a thorn in the side of the Republican Caucus. This vote was the Empire Strikes Back.
Why is Ken Buck voting against McCarthy, and now voting against Jordan? Is he just trying to burn the place down? What’s his goal?
One thing you gotta give to Democrats...they stick together. Not all of them are goofball radical leftists, but when push comes to shove, they’ll fall in line together.
Republicans can’t even get out of their own way.
“As always, the Democrats are in lock-step.”
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Yes, because they are disciplined politicians, not romantic dreamers as we Republicans are.
Good bye Biden Impeachment hearing
Hello open borders
Trump will get thrown in jail
We will go to war in either Ukraine or the ME
Think the FBI/ DOJ is weaponized now? You ain't seen nothing yet
Think crime is out of control now? You ain't seen nothing yet.
We could have stuck with McCarthy and there was at least a chance these wouldn't happen. But hey we got our principles and that counts for something, right? Right?
BTW, man I hope I am wrong
The criminal class sticks together, but the darkness eventually will collapse. It already is.
“Is there a list of the traitors?”
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Which group of “traitors” are you talking about?
The “group of 8” from last week ?
Or the “group of 20” of today ?
Technically both these groups are “traitors”.
Yup. That is the silver lining, for sure. They can keep the house shut down the rest of the year as far as I'm concerned.
Womack (AR) is way past his sell by date. I will go door to door for any good candidate to primary him.
RINOS like their phoney baloney jobs
A vote to Hakeem means they get retired
Watching the Republicans “in action” is like watching a Chinese fire drill.
Are you kidding me? A communist Demorat is in the running, when will the Republicans ever wake the F up.
“All Dems and these 20 RINOS are chicom assets. They are traitors.”
On what planet does voting against a speaker candidate equate to treason?
Where the 8 who voted against McCarthy traitors...or were the 210 who voted for him the traitors?
It’s this kind of hyperventilation that guarantees a fractured GOP caucus doomed to oblivion.
The Republican DEAD Zone..
We’ve tried Democrat policy for over 100 years. How about
lettingthe true faithful right give it a go.
These hold-outs should have all percs removed at once.
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