Guess it sucks to suck? Jim Jordan's had his job for 16 years and never passed a bill - but hey, let's put him in charge of making sure bills can get passed! Talk about welfare queens, this asshole loser has been taking the government's money and purposefully not working the whole time! If only we could all be so lucky.
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So he's the most successful republican in congress. He's got "government is ineffective" written all over him.
He'd be in position to have as many as four people working right underneath him.
It's very telling (and unsurprising) that Jordan's support didn't collapse because of his crazy positions or utter lack of qualifications for the job. No, his support collapsed when his crazy supporters started threatening other Republicans.
Echoes of "the only moral abortion is my abortion." The GOP is fine with craziness...as long as it's only hurting other people.
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wow, this is actually inspiring news about the principles of republicans. Unless it's just because they don't want to go through a McCarthy vote experience again.
More like they don’t want to embarrass themselves nationally once again.
Too late for that. Also, they probably only rejected Gym because he was trying to bully his way into the position.
*he was trying to bully them into giving him the position.
If he'd been trying to bully democrats it would have been fine
Hah, the GOP would have to collectively resign and hide from the public for the rest of their lives in order to have even a snowball's chance in hell of not embarrassing themselves again.
Oh shit, are they actually capable of feeling embarrassment?
That almost makes me feel bad for them. Except, not really.
"Guys, getting this whole speaker debacle figured out is SUPER important for us to get done... after we take a break for the weekend."
Never threaten to endanger a Republican’s weekend off.
(Nelson voice) “ha ha!”
He's now on double secret probation
Good, fuck Gym Jordan.
I hope Clooney releases his documentary soon to put a nail in his career coffin.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
She added that Republicans will leave town for the weekend, and members have until noon on Sunday to declare their candidacy.
Jordan met Thursday with the Republicans who voted against him on the two previous ballots, but Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., was one of several members who left the meeting under the impression that nobody had changed their minds.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told reporters on Thursday that he and his wife have continued to receive threats and fear for their safety.
Many have told reporters they fear that nobody can win sufficient support from Republicans to be elected speaker.
The impasse has persisted even under the increasing threat of a government shutdown if Congress does not pass a spending bill by Nov. 17.
President Biden is also sending a new request for money to address the wars in Ukraine and Israel on Friday.
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Gym knows all about secret things.