America wants Jordan!
reportedly what he said behind closed doors before storming off - presumably so he could go huff his farts and ignore sexually abused students and cry about it
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reportedly what he said behind closed doors before storming off - presumably so he could go huff his farts and ignore sexually abused students and cry about it
For some if it can get done on one ballot they will bite the bullet, but if voting has to go over and over again they might as well try to push someone else they prefer.
Also voting for Jorden once to get the government working again is a bit easier to defend on the campaign trails than voting over and over again for such an awful, losing candidate.
Are we gonna have another Republican prayer group with Ann Wagner crying in the center?
Especially hilarious considering Rogers and Wagner were some of the last to cast votes. There were like a dozen+ anti-Jordan votes by the time it got to them.
I don't understand how some R's in swing districts don't vote for Jeffries. It's an easy slam dunk of "I can teach across the aisle to get things done"
I mean, I actually can't understand, they're useless and only vote for their own interests. But still, I can ponder.
I mean, I actually can't understand, they're useless and only vote for their own interests. But still, I can ponder.
nyt pitchbot: how the 12th round of the McCarthy vote shows the dems flailing out of control
What this underscores is that the GOP is now in full on Great Schism mode. McCarthy, Scalise, Jordan and their varying factions.
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Gotta survive the primary too, can't do that if you voted for a dem.
They don't want their overall Party to turn against them. Could affect funding.
I could rationalize that as being worried about going against Jordan being used against them in a primary. By voting for him on the first ballot they have cover to say they supported him until it became clear he wasn't able to get the votes.
They're already likely to lose in the general as it is. They need to worry about doing their jobs first.
Will this just be an exact repeat of what happened when McCarthy got voted in? Where the Republicans eventually just said fuck it after a bunch of rounds of voting?
They are fucked up anyways. They get primaried or lose the generals.
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Jabronis don't understand. People are in the streets yelling "We want Jimmy Jordan, baby!" "Give us the Juicy J!"
Just need five present votes and three Rs to flip yes to Hakeem.
I'm pretty sure Jordan will get it, honestly.
I'm pretty sure Jordan will get it, honestly.
lol after all that hubbub about jordan actually possibly becoming speaker, he wasn't very close at all
That's what I assume, but the card McCarthy played to finally get elected was agreeing to the very thing that ultimately got him ousted. Not sure what sort of concession Jordon would make to finally get enough votes, unless just wearing them down is enough.
Post like this at least help me cope with the fact that these assholes are literally playing with my future.
At least I can get a giggle or two from this shitshow.
he might
there was a pretty different mood around it at the time. people thought it was all games and we could all eventually get there after we had our "fun"
now no votes have a lot more weight
or maybe they dont, im no pundit
Yep. Jordan and McCarthy had different holdouts. Situation is not comparable.
Nah, moderate Republicans or even Republicans in blue-ish districts, are more at risk from being primaried from their right wing, than they are being beaten by a Democrat from the center or left.
Fundraising is a major risk here too. Any Republican who votes for Jeffries, even in a toss up district, would have to fundraise for both a primary campaign and general election campaign, and then fundraising limits from non-PAC donations are limited to the calendar year, not the race. So, for instance, if you have an expensive primary race and need to go to the well from your regular donors, they all give you the federal max, AND THEN you need to fundraise again for your general election race against the Democrat, a lot of those bread and butter donors might be tapped out.
There's also just not many donors in a district who would say, "wow, I love that the Republican voted for a Democratic speaker, here's $3,300," as opposed to people in that same district who would say, "WHAT?! My Republican rep voted for a Democratic speaker?! I'm going to give $3,300 to ANYBODY who would primary them."
And for any Republican who votes for Jeffries in a sign of bipartisanship, would get $0 from PACs.
Honestly I dont think JJ will ever get enough votes.
This probably ends one of two ways:
McCarthy being elected again with D help and some small concessions like allowing floor votes on a few Bill's Ds want
A compromise moderate R with the same concessions as above
A random moderate R congressman with just R votes after enough days of this going on, just to get SOMEONE in the chair. This would need to he some "irrelevant" no name congressman
This probably ends one of two ways:
McCarthy being elected again with D help and some small concessions like allowing floor votes on a few Bill's Ds want
A compromise moderate R with the same concessions as above
A random moderate R congressman with just R votes after enough days of this going on, just to get SOMEONE in the chair. This would need to he some "irrelevant" no name congressman
or we could just not have a speaker, government shuts down, republicans absolve themselves of any responsibility and just blame the dems the whole way through into the next election
Seeing how McCarthy continues with his stupidity in blaming Dems for everything, I don't see them helping that fool regain the gavel.
And he even bothered to put on a jacket for once. Lmao, get fucked you giant prick!
I mean, they could try that, but it's pretty cut and dry even to people who are usually susceptible to that type of shit that we are where we are because R's can't agree among themselves on how to govern and who to make speaker.
Jim: "Hey Bob, are my balls showing?"
Bob: "Uh, yeah Jim they are."
Well I would consider that with this not "ending" lol. But I dont see this happening. It would be electorally devastating. They can blame dems all they want, and maybe thay would work for the base, but moderates wont buy that shit.
Eh, people overlook past statements all the time in politics. If he made some concessions to them in written form (like clean vote on ukraine, and a couple other items) they would he stupid not to take him up on it
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