ROFLMAO! We are in the minority in the House

[William769]

And Rep. Jeffries gets more votes than jordan.

You can't make this shit up!

[Bluethroughu]

1. Hopefully there are a few more, so we can get on with the peoples' business.

[malaise]

2. Hehehe

Good to see you man 😀

[William769]

4. Thanks! You too.

[bdamomma]

3. OMG

and Jeffries got GQP votes too???? this is not official yet is it???? I don't want to turn on TV just yet.

[iluvtennis]

11. I don't think there were any GOPer votes for Jeffries.

First ballot: Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the House speakership on the initial round after 20 of his fellow Republicans voted against him. He earned 200 votes, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won 212.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-race-vote-10-17-23/index.html

[bdamomma]

12. oh well

it would be a first. Just a false assumption on my part.

[iluvtennis]

13. I get it...I was hoping a few GOPers would vote for Jefferies as well. n/t

[groundloop]

20. I honestly don't want Jeffries to be speaker right now.......

The shitshow would continue, nothing would be accomplished, and he'd be blamed. I have to believe that the GQP would be even more eager to reck the government in order to point their slimy fingers at him.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

23. Agreed. The Repugs are already blaming Biden for their inability to choose a speaker.

The best solution is to find a GQP member who will keep the government limping along until 2025. As the old saw says, "First, do no harm." As long as Jordan is kept away from where he can do real damage we'll make it to the next election.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

40. Agreed

I'd rather nothing happen than them making things worse.

[Maraya1969]

26. I wonder if Biden of Pelosi or any smart Dem can figure out a way to get 7, (?) GOP to vote for

Jefferies? Remember Jordan helped plan the insurrection. If that is proved he can be kicked right the hell out can't he?

[InstantGratification]

38. Not without a 2/3 vote

After observing the Repub shitshow since they took over the House, you think any of them would vote to remove their own for ANY reason, including proven criminal actions? I don't.

[Maraya1969]

39. Except maybe money.

Did I say that???????

I have been really bad lately. I'm thinking like a republican. I know that is what they would do.

[calimary]

44. So much the better.

Helps give us an advantage.

Might mean being able to imagine what they’re aiming for, and counter-strategize accordingly.

[calimary]

50. Every reporter and commentator whose spoken about it

has said all the holdouts were Republicans.

[Blue Owl]

5. Really says a LOT about Gym Jordan -- what a fucking loser!

[William769]

6. Exactly.

[calimary]

51. And he'll have been shown to be EXACTLY that.

Live on TV. As it happens. By vote in the House of Reps. One-by-one. Slow torture. Trudging toward failure. A slow slog toward resounding rejection. Live on camera. Broadcast nationally. 20 votes short yesterday when the early chit-chat anticipated a single-digit failure (they have a low-single-digit majority). Just think: assuming a 4-vote majority as I’ve heard it described, the votes Jordan lost were FIVE TIMES THAT MANY. For starters.

OUCH.


“…Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy…”

[BlueLucy]

7. Yes, but it will still be Jim Jordan.

He will be their speaker, sadly.

[William769]

8. I respectfully disagree with you. It will never be jordan.

[William769]

54. As I said, it will never be jordan

Jordan suspends bid for US House speaker, backs McHenry - lawmaker

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.

The House has been without a leader for more than two weeks, and Jordan has twice failed to secure the 217 votes needed to claim the speaker's gavel as he has faced opposition from Democrats and more than 20 of his fellow Republicans.

Asked what he expected as he enterer a closed-door meeting with other Republicans, Jordan said only, "I'm not gonna know until I talk to my colleagues."

In that meeting, Jordan said he would not seek a third vote to win the post and instead will back a plan to empower McHenry to hold the post until January, according to Republican Representative Jim Banks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jordan-suspends-bid-for-us-house-speaker-backs-mchenry-lawmaker/ar-AA1iwcEs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ENTPHB&cvid=d7cff39e91534435b3fe6e48f36e38a0&ei=7

[erronis]

9. Someone (wonder who) decided to use the term "Democrats in disarray"

And no matter how organized, intelligent, cohesive they were and are, the M$M loves to parrot it. Maybe it's in some autotype macro on their keyboard.

I'd love to have the major media outlets do an honest retrospective on how well they've covered news in the last year, last 5 or 10 years. Subject to independent review. Won't happen and they'll continue to lie in any case.

[William769]

10. ...

[PatrickforB]

25. Hey, but Wall Street's doing GREAT! And our corporate owned media execs'

ONLY fiduciary responsibility is to generate shareholder PROFITS. They aren't responsible for truth, though.

[soldierant]

28. It's the alliteration.

And it's not as bad as Republicans iin Rupture.

[calimary]

45. Yeah. That annoyed me a LOT.

Both the reality and the perception of reality.

[IronLionZion]

14. Convince 5 GOP to vote for Jeffries to end this madness

[TheRickles]

17. Or to call in sick.

[Maraya1969]

27. I keep saying this and no one listens. Doesn't Ex-lax still come in little chocolate bars?

?im=Resize=(600,600)

[TheRickles]

36. Love it! (the idea, not the ex-lax)

[calimary]

46. Only one thought...

[Chainfire]

15. Ohhhh, that is going to leave a mark on old Gym Bag.

[Emile]

22. Probably has skid marks in his underwear after that first vote.

[murielm99]

16. LOL

Nice to see you, William.

[William769]

18. You too!

[bobby202]

19. What a waste of tax payer's money !

GOP = the world think's we are a joke , conservative my butt !! The national debt is on them that caters to drumph !

[Emile]

21. Fucking losers, just like Trump!

[sheshe2]

32. Love this!!!

[Emile]

33. Me too!

[sheshe2]

34. ...

[calimary]

48. Me three!

[PatrickforB]

24. I saw that. Jeffries would do an order of magnitude better job than a traitor

who was deeply involved in Jan 6, and gosh knows what else. It is funny though that Jeffries got more votes.

[EndlessWire]

29. If Hakeem won

it wouldn't be the end of their world. Five more votes and he would have won. Sigh...

We can't have Jordan third in line. They had 20 wasted votes. Jordan can't win, so who's next?

[sheshe2]

30. Wait What!

How humiliating for Gym Shorts.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

41. fun fact: Phil Morris is the son of TV character actor Greg Morris

and was a child actor in Star Trek's first season in the 60s.

[sheshe2]

42. Thanks!

[onetexan]

31. Apparently his pressure/ threats tactics backfired

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-speaker-jim-jordan-live-updates_n_652ea483e4b03b213b076a21


GOP Rep. Dismisses Pro-Jordan Strategy
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said that Jordan's efforts to put pressure on his colleagues to vote for him for speaker — to bully them, if you will — haven't worked out so well.

"I think some of the pressure campaigns have backfired," Donalds said on Fox News. "They have not worked."

Some Republicans have bristled at Jordan's hardball tactics, which have included using his relationship with Fox News’ Sean Hannity and his associates to pressure holdout GOP members to line up behind Jordan. At least one Republican lawmaker heard directly from Hannity; another claimed he or she was threatened with a primary challenger.
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We all know thuggery doesn't work

[Warpy]

35. And the majority party wants us to somehow save them.

Yeah, right, assholes.

I really, really have high hopes this is foreshadowing their national convention next year. Been waiting for those assholes to self destruct all my life.

[Crowman2009]

37. Hopefully when the Democrats win the house, the speaker vote will got a lot quicker.

[UCmeNdc]

43. K&R!

[Kennah]

47. I heard it said that ...

... Hakeem Jeffries has gotten more votes in more rounds for Speaker than any other candidate in history without actually being elected Speaker.

[Captain Zero]

49. Funny democracy there, I'd say

nt

[Martin68]

52. We are actually the majority because the GOP is split into two different unreconcilable factions.

[William769]

53. If that were only true.