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House Republicans nominated House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) for Speaker on Tuesday, making him the third GOP lawmaker who will attempt to get 217 votes to secure the gavel. The conference selected Emmer — the No. 3 House Republican — for the position in a secret ballot during an internal election that lasted three hours, choosing him over six other candidates vying for the job. Two Republicans withdrew their names from the race before voting began. Emmer, 62, will now take his nomination to the House floor, where he will have to muster enough votes to win the gavel...

This weekend Don Bacon compared the America First movement, his voting base, to 1930’s Nazi Party. DC_Draino @DC_Draino Yes you’re reading this correctly A “Republican” Congressman is comparing the America First movement to Nazi Germany @RepDonBacon voted 3x against Jim Jordan b/c deep down he hates GOP voters Don’t worry Don - the feelings are mutual Enjoy that Sequoia/CCP $ while it lasts 7:46 AM · Oct 23, 2023 · 362.8K Views

If you were a Republican, would you turn to Morning Joe for the inside skinny about what's going on in the ongoing struggle for a new House Speaker? Would Joe Scarborough be your guide to how 200-plus elected Republicans think right now? On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough claimed: "You talk to 98% of the members in the House and the Senate who are Republicans, and they privately hate Trump, hate him! Always have. They get in front of a camera, and they just, they sell their political soul to him." Get the rest of the story and view the video...

Republican infighting in the House of Representatives since the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy two weeks ago isn't so much creating dysfunction as it is exposing dysfunction. Over the past 10 months, strange coalitions have been built and dispersed, candidates have risen and fallen, and private animosities have burst into public view. While the D.C. legacy media press has proven itself incapable of explaining any of the above (see: its description for the "hard right coalition" of Reps. Matt Gaetz, Nancy Mace and Ken Buck), the squabbling has clarified just how cracked up the Republican Party truly is.

In the backdrop of the controversies about who is to be voted Speaker of the House of Representatives is the awareness that this role is third in line for the presidency. The current president seems barely functional. The number two in line is absent without leave, never qualified in any sense, and is universally regarded as a joke if she is regarded at all, which she mostly is not. That leaves the Speaker of the House, very close to the center of power. For many people in Washington, this is a huge problem. The uniparty decided some years ago never...

At a time when more than 200 hostages (including Americans) are being held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, it's certainly not a good time for "hostage" metaphors in Washington politics. But MSNBC weekend host Katie Phang just had to go there on Saturday in describing the ongoing House Republican struggle to elect a Speaker after a Matt Gaetz-led faction removed Kevin McCarthy. In an interview with Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Phang said: You know, we talk about getting to 217 and the chances of maybe more centrist voices from the Republican party joining the Democrats. Actually get something done. Because...

After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to secure enough votes for House Speaker, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) has thrown his hat into the race. On Friday, Donalds announced his candidacy to take over former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) role before being ousted earlier this year. According to close sources, Donalds will seek support in a closed-door GOP conference vote, which could occur as soon as Monday. In addition to Donalds claiming he earned enough votes in the Speaker’s ballots, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL.) backed Donalds on the second and third ballots this week. “We’re going to have to...

Donalds, Byron (FL) 100% Green, Mark (TN) 85% Hern, Kevin (OK) 82% Johnson, Mike (LA) 74% Arringon, Jodey (TX) 71% Emmer, Tom (MN) 69% Scott, Austin (GA) 65% Sessions, Pete (TX) 63% Bergman, Jack (MI) 57%

At least nine Republicans so far have either announced their candidacy, have called other members about a bid, or are mulling whether to run. The candidate forum will be on Monday at 6 p.m., and the election process will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m., Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) said. He also plans to start voting on the floor on Tuesday.

The House of Representatives has voted for a third time on Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker, and for a third time, Jordan has not obtained the necessary votes. Jordan obtained 194 votes from Republicans, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had 210 votes from Democrats, and 25 Republicans opted to vote for candidates other than Jordan.

Why don't quite a number of GOP House members just admit they don't want to be in a political party, don't understand what having a political majority can mean for all members of the party, and just want to stand out instead of being included - so why don't they just leave their party and be done with it, and provide the inevitable, handing the speaker role to the Dims.

On the Thursday edition of her MSNBC show, Nicolle Wallace shed any pretense of compassionate or even dispassionate political analysis, and embraced her inner hatred. Speaking about the 22 Republicans who wouldn't vote for Jordan with ex-GOP congressman and Never Trumper David Jolly, Wallace said: "I know why I have a visceral rejection of Jim Jordan and it precedes his role in overturning the result of the 2020 election, but tell me why they hate him, the 22?"Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Jim Jordan is taking the fight back to the House floor tomorrow. This will be a televised vote at 10 a.m. Jim Jordan for Speaker!

Rep. Jim Jordan met the 20 hold outs tonight and they told him bluntly they won't support him for Speaker This is crazy. They'll never give us this victory. Jordan wanted to know what they wanted and what the issue is. Their opposition doesn't seem to be based on anything. They're just being complete a**holes for the sake of it?! Kind of like "Never Trumpers". Anyway, another (third) Speaker vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Jordan is not quitting which is good. McCarthy had 15 rounds of voting remember. The plan to empower the Bush crony as Speaker also did not...

Rep. Jim Jordan won’t pursue another speaker vote for now as House looks to empower temporary speaker Rep. Patrick T. McHenry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Jim Jordan told his fellow Republicans he will suspend his bid to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and back Republican Patrick McHenry to fill the role on a temporary basis, a lawmaker said on Thursday.

Today is the day Republicans elect a speaker. One way or another, with or without the help of Democrats, someone is going to sit in the Big Chair. Maybe. At least for a while. If that sounds vague and uncertain, welcome to the Republican Party circa 2023. After 48 hours of ham-handed threats and strong-arm tactics, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is still short of a majority to win the speakership. In fact, Jordan lost support on the second ballot with 22 Republicans now opposing his bid for speaker — two more than the 20 who voted against him on Tuesday....

Steve Bannon invited Tea Party Patriots founder Jenny Beth Martin on the War Room on Wednesday morning as Republican lawmakers continue to vote for House Speaker. The American people want Jim Jordan as Speaker. The RINOs and DC insiders want an ‘old bull’ to take over the speakership. Steve Bannon broke this news during their conversation. Lobbyists are reportedly buying off RINOs for their votes. Steve Bannon: I have spies everywhere. Folks were calling me last night from the Capitol Grill, which is the worst of the worst, and the lobbyists were literally walking around cutting deals with people at...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a vicious attack on Chairman Jim Jordan Wednesday afternoon. Pelosi said the Republican lawmakers voting on a new permanent House Speaker was an assault on our democracy. “Today and yesterday, that was an assault on our democracy,” Pelosi said of the Speaker votes this week. “As Jim Jordan assaulted our democracy on January 6.” WATCH:

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier Wednesday, Jim Jordan lost a second bid for Speaker after 22 RINOs voted against him in a jealous fit. This marked the second time Jordan failed to achieve the necessary votes to become Speaker thanks to Republicans not sticking together. Their constituents responded to this betrayal by melting the phone lines and sending email messages demanding they reverse their illogical opposition to the Ohio conservative and ardent Biden opponent. Some of these Jordan-hating RINOs instead took to social media to lash out at We the People for daring to criticize their stances. Notice a...