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FNC’s Hannity: Jim Jordan ‘Best Option’ for House Speaker
Breitbart ^ | 10/04/2023 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 10/05/2023 6:42:56 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Wednesday, Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity revealed he was backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as his pick to fill the Speaker of the House void. According to Hannity, Jordan, who has served as House Judiciary Committee chairman since January, is best suited to fill the vacancy left by now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted after a motion to vacate passed the House of Representatives.

“[I]t was also — and I know this for a fact — sadly, it was also personal,” Hannity said of McCarthy’s ouster. “You know what? It’s business. It shouldn’t be personal, but now there will be a new speaker. We know that both House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, they now both are officially in. They are running to be speaker. Let me tell you where I am tonight. Make no mistake: I like Steve Scalise. I think he’s a great leader. I think he’s a really good guy. He’s a patriot.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: hannity; jordan; option; speaker; ticktock
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Based on what I’ve seen so far Sean may be right.

It may be temporary as I thought Jordan never wanted the job. He may be trying to help the team but I wonder if his heart is in it.

On the other hand McCarthy was someone who really really really wanted the job and look what we got. :-)


21 posted on 10/05/2023 6:57:06 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it’s coming from FNC Hannity, it’s coming from Paul Ryan. If it’s coming from Paul Ryan it’s coming from the misbegotten America-hating Murdoch boys and their America-hating wifes.


22 posted on 10/05/2023 6:57:53 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Matt Gatez supports Jordan.

Hannity is a bandwagon guy. He sees a parade and trys to put himself at the front of it


23 posted on 10/05/2023 6:58:24 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All

Scalise is a disaster. If this was thr choice then sticking with McCarthy with thr threat to vacate would have been better. It shouldn’t just be the next in line.


24 posted on 10/05/2023 6:58:34 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

One suggestion I have seen is it a poison pill operation. They want Scalise so they trying to sabotage Jordan with GOP-E endorsements

I will stick with Matt Gatez. He nominated Jordan in Jan 2023. He said in interviews this week Jordan is a good choice


25 posted on 10/05/2023 7:00:31 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Dan in Wichita

yes, they don’t seem to realize that when all they do is bitch with zero constructive input, their posting is just so much noise.


26 posted on 10/05/2023 7:03:04 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Dan in Wichita
If past is prologue, Jordan will be insufficiently conservative for many who post on this forum.

Ill give it six months, tops.

27 posted on 10/05/2023 7:03:23 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: EEGator
Hannity knows Karate though…

I'm sure he has one of those "Elvis black belts"...

28 posted on 10/05/2023 7:03:39 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: mouse1
He claimed over and over he didnt want it. Now he wants it. It doesnt make sense.

It makes sense if you consider how our Leadership punishes people if they disagree or go against them.

My own weak-kneed Congressman, Mark Amodei R-NV, told me when I asked him not to vote for Boehner, “If I don’t vote for him and he wins, I’ll lose my committee positions.”

This is the mindset. I can see that Jordan would hold back until it was a done deal. Not a risk taker for sure. I’m just hoping we get someone that isn’t quite so quick to sell us down the river.

29 posted on 10/05/2023 7:03:41 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to NVluv since I now live in NV and don’t support any Bush. )
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To: plain talk

Watch Matt Gatez nominating Jordan for Speaker in Jan 2023. It is good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqlUsgi9tkE


30 posted on 10/05/2023 7:04:46 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So Murdoch is fine with Jordan?

Well, looks like it’s Scalise.


31 posted on 10/05/2023 7:05:39 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (America's enemies want you to "trust the plan." Fight in reality, not the rabbit holes.)
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To: CAluvdubya

I suspect both side are asking Jordan to be the compromise candidate

Both Gatez, and some of Gatez foes, have spoken in favor of Jordan this week.


32 posted on 10/05/2023 7:05:53 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I often wonder who’s doing the criticizing. The responses can be so vile, defensive, unproductive and poisonous that it begs the question if they’re representing our best interest. Or if they’re representing the best interest of our opposition.


33 posted on 10/05/2023 7:06:24 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: JudyinCanada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqlUsgi9tkE

Watch Matt Gatez speech nominating Jim Jordan for Speaker in Jan 2023.

One suggestion was made is it is a poison pill approach. Make Scalise Speaker, who has a much lower Conservative rating, by throwing the GOP-E noise machine behind Jordan.


34 posted on 10/05/2023 7:07:48 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Agree that Jordan might be a good compromise. I hope he doesn’t turn out to be another Trey Gowdy.


35 posted on 10/05/2023 7:09:30 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to NVluv since I now live in NV and don’t support any Bush. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Please explain UGH.

Hannity is a GOP-E Stooge.
36 posted on 10/05/2023 7:09:59 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: Common Sense 101

I never understood his appeal. He was always a low IQ, talking point repeater.
I don’t recall any depth to his analysis.

Though I disagreed with many of his conclusions, at least Charles Krauthammer was intelligent.
Same for VDH and Mark Steyn.
Even Christopher Hitchens was intelligent, though terribly jaded.


37 posted on 10/05/2023 7:11:22 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: MNJohnnie

Are you a time traveler?


38 posted on 10/05/2023 7:12:24 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: 4Runner

Oh I get it sorry I misread your sentence. Carry on.


39 posted on 10/05/2023 7:14:55 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Dan in Wichita

If past is prologue, Jordan will be insufficiently conservative for many who post on this forum.


The heart of the problem.

Jordan will split the “conservatives”, repulse/repel dims crazies or otherwise, and the country will probably be lost.....no longer recoverable.

The only person that can hold the conservatives together and attract enough dims...DONALD TRUMP!

On the other hand it could hurt Trump’s chances to win the presidency. The congress is a total madhouse, as in the lunatics are running the asylum. That makes it very risky.

But Trump understands risk.


40 posted on 10/05/2023 7:16:24 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the government can not make worse.)
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